Safety razor



May l5, 1923. 1,455,665

J. RUzE SAFETY RAZOR Filed Aug. l, 1919 Joh/n Ruza,

INVEA'TOR,

A TTORNE Y.

Patented l5, i923..

Viran Joran nous, or NEW voran, N; Y.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Application led August 1, 1919. Serial No. 314,675.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I., Jer-IN RUZE, a citizenof Czechoslavalria, residingat New York. in the county of New York andState of New York, have invented new and luseful lmprovements in SafetyRazors, of which the following is a specication.

rlihis invention relates to razors and more particularly to improvementsin safety razors, aiming to provide'a device of this character whichembodies the features of simplicity, cheapness and durability.

One of the principal objects of the invention resides in the provisionof a safety razor which comprises a holder and an adjustable guardmember adapted to co-act therewith to flex the blade in order to es'tablish proper intimacy between the cutting edge and the guard surface.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a safety razorincluding a guard member having substantially semicircular fingers inorder to provide a clear space directly beneath the cutting edge toprevent clogging of the same at this point.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a safety razorincluding a guard strip having a plurality of fingers adapted to bepositioned adjacent the edge of the blade, certain of said fingers beingextended beyond the others in order to contact with the blade forspacing the remaining fingers with relation thereto and servf ing alsoto protect the user from injury by the cornersof said blade. f

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a razor ofthis character which is so constructed as to permit of the same beingused to shave up as well as down with a high degree of safety therebygiving a close, smooth shave.

With these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novelconstruction. combination and arrangement of parts more fully described1claimed and. illustrated in the following specification and accompanyingdrawing, no limitation being necessarily made to the precise details ofconstruction and it being understood that changes and alterations asfall within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawings n Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View therethrough. i

. Figure 3 is a front elevation thereof.

Referring 'to the drawing by characters of reference, 10 designates thelbody portion which is bent upon itself to provide a curved head 11 anda threaded base 12 for the reception of the threaded portion 13 of ahandle member 14:, the latter .being provided with an extension 15 for apurpose to be hereinafter described. The rear wall of the body portionis inclined inwardly as at 16 from its point of connection with the base12 to engage the extension to limit its rearward movement and thenreversely bent as at 17 to provide a receiver 18 for the blade 19andguard 20. The head 11 and portion 17 of the body are connected by avertical wall 21 against which the blade and guard member are adaptedvto abut to limit the rearward movement thereof and serve as a seat forpositioning thev blade and guard member with relation to the body. Theforward extremity of the guard member is'provided with a plurality ofcurved guard fingers 22, the terminals of which are spaced from andunderlie the edge of the blade. The two outermost fingers 23 extendbeyond the remaining fingers and are adapted to contactwith the cornersof the blade for positioning the fingers 22 relative of the edge of theblade and also serving to protect the corners thereof to prevent Contactof the same with the users face. By referring to Figure 2 of thedrawing, it will be seen that the extension 15 of the handle member isengaged by one of said fingers 22 and which not only holds the lguardmember operatively associated with the blade but serves to advance theguard member 2O toward the head 11 to clamp the blade 19 therebetweenand due to the curvature of the head, the yblade is flexed to vary thedistance between its edge and the guard fingers, thereby regulating thequality of the shave desired. ln order to retain the blade and guardmember in the body portion against lateral displacement, a pair of lugs24 are bent downwardly from the head in contactingrelation with theportion 17.

The ngers are substantially of semi-circular form thus providing a clearspace directly beneath the cutting edge of the blade to prevent cloggingof the same at this point and also serving as a passage through whichwater may be flushed for cleaning the blade while the razor is in use.By disen- `gaging the threaded portion 13 from the base 12, theguardstrip and blade may be removed from the body portion, to permit of thecleaning and drying-.off the blade;v guard member, body and handle,after Vusing' Wththe blade of the razor'for proteeting the user from thesharpy corners thereof, and the other fingers having their free endsspaced fromv saidv blade whereby the blade is unobstrueted. beneath theCutting edge thereof, an extension projecting upwardly from. saidthreaded portion and being engaged-on dametrically opposite sides by thebody portion and a finger of the guard member respectively, and saidextension be-v ing adapted to terminally engage the; guard member as andfor the purposel specified.

` In testimony whereof I ,haver axedr` my signature; i

JOHN RUZ

